Handle.



F. H. HOPKINS.

HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2l. 1915.

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FRANK :[-IUEfFW'IEILL` HOPKINS, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed June 21, 1915. Serial No. 35,330.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK I-Ian'rwnraJ Horiiixs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Moni treal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iandles, and do hereby declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exact description of same.

This invention relates to handles and appertains particularly to those which are applied to boxes with heavy contents and which are to be carried from place to place by means of such handles.

i5 Handles of boxes such as ammunition boxes are customarily formed of wire or other metallic material to uphold the weight and obviate cutting of the handles and coverings or packing have been provided'for the portions grasped by the hand to avoid h urt of the latter. I-Ieretofore a single wide piece of leather or the like has been stitched in place about the handle-but this covering has not been found entirely satisfactory in that the stitching requires considerable time and the handle is therefore expensive to make with respect to its usefulness and furthermore the leather when moistened becomes slippery and liable to cause the handle to slip from the hand of the bearer and, particularly with ammunition boxes, cause a serious accident. j

The object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive covering for the hand grasp of the handle and one which is antislipping.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts and wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a box with my improved handle applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the handle with a portion of the covering unwrapped; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the handle showing the construction of the covering. y

Referring now to the drawing, 2 indicates a handle which may be of any desired material but which is shown as made of a length of wire rope bent in rectangular form and hook-jointed at the ends at 3 to form an endless bail or loop, the strands of the joined ends being bound with waxed cord 3% By way of illustration one end or `shorter sideof the handle is attached to the box 6o through the medium of a block a screwed or otherwise suitably secured to the box and while either end may be passed through the block I prefer to have the joined end left free and adapted to be grasped by the hand as then when this end is covered such covering incidentally serves as a final binding to keep the joined ends connected.

The covering or hand grip of the handle is formed of a winding or windings of flexible material or materials which extend over the free short side of the handle and while any suitable flexible winding may be employed I prefer to utilize a length Jen of jute which is preferably of less width than Said '75 shorter side or free end of the handle, wind said length transversely about the handle end and starting at one of the longer sides 5 finishing at the other longer side 6, the succeeding windings overlapping the side margins of the preceding windings so that a substantial packing is provided.

The packing is held in place by a binding cord and over such packing I place another winding of flexible material 7 for instance 85 cordage and preferably marline which is symmetrically whipped about the packing 4 transversely of the handle end and from side to side of the latter, the windings of the cordage being close together and continued beyond the packing 4 where the ends of such cordage are suitably secured and preferably by threading same between the strands of the handle as indicated at 8.

From the above it will be seen that the handle is quickly and inexpensively covered and furthermore the windings of the rope while forming a cushioning cover also present a grip which obviates slipping.

That I claim is as follows:

l. A handle for a box consisting of a. multiple strand wire member adapted to be attached to the box and a length of soft pliable material wound transversely about said multiple strand wire member and' having its 10 ends threaded between the strands thereof.

2. In combination with a multiple strand wire handle for a box, a grip for said handle, consisting of a packing formed of a flat length of iiexible material wound trans- 110 Versely over a portion of the handle and cordage Whipped transversely over the packing,l the windings of such cordage being close together and extending beyond thev limits of the packing and the ends of the cordage being threaded between strands of the handle.

3. A handle for a boX consisting of a length of multiple strand Wire rope which is bent and has the free ends adjacent one another, the strands atone end of the length being hook-jointed with the strands at the FRANK HARTVVELL HOPKINS.

Witnesses:

STANLEY C. KING, FRED J. BEAN.

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